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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R430-5

…ncentration is effected by the purchase or exchange of securities on a regulated market, its effective completion, within the meaning of Article L. The absence of a decision by the Autorité de la conc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Medical file

Article R4412-55

…e is kept for at least fifty years after the end of the period of exposure, under the conditions provided for in article L. 4624-8 of this code or article R. 717-27 of the rural and maritime fishing c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-52

The provisions of sub-sections 1 and 2 of this code also apply to the physiotherapy students mentioned in article L. 4321-3. Infringements of these provisions are the responsibility of the disciplinar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-51

The transfers of appropriations from one account to another provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 6431-10 shall be subject to approval by the Budget Controller, who shall check that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for collecting identity and non-identifying data

Article R2143-5

…he doctor from the health organisation or establishment mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2142-1 collects the identity and non-identifying data, mentioned in I of Article L. 2143-3, from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-50

…atment agents and filter media, must, under normal or foreseeable conditions of use in public or private distribution networks and inside buildings, comply with specific provisions defined by order of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article R4437-5

…R. 4432-9 and R. 4432-10.III. - For the application to Mayotte of article R. 4432-17, the legislative references contained in articles R. 4134-24 and R. 4134-25 are replaced respectively by reference…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of establishments providing the public hospital service

Article R6112-5

…Regional Health Agency to carry out one of the actions mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of III of Article L. 6112-2, its multiannual contract of objectives and resources is the subject of an amendment in or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to framework agreements and innovation partnerships

Article R2321-5

For the framework agreements referred to in Article L. 2325-1, the estimated value of the requirement is determined by taking into account the estimated maximum value of all the contracts to be awarde…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the performance of the partnership contract by the purchaser

Article R2234-5

During the construction phase, the control referred to in article L. 2234-2 covers, in particular, the quality of the works built and their compliance with the functional programme provided for in the…

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